How To Install yaws-mail on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws-mail on Kali Linux.

What is yaws-mail

yaws-mail is:

Yaws-mail is a small stateless webmail application. It requires SMTP and POP3 servers to operate and does not store email locally.

There are three methods to install yaws-mail on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yaws-mail Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yaws-mail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yaws-mail

Install yaws-mail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yaws-mail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yaws-mail

Install yaws-mail Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install yaws-mail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaws-mail

How To Uninstall yaws-mail on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yaws-mail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yaws-mail

Uninstall yaws-mail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yaws-mail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaws-mail

Remove yaws-mail Configurations and Data

To remove yaws-mail configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaws-mail

Remove yaws-mail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yaws-mail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaws-mail

Dependencies

yaws-mail have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• yaws-mail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws-mail package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.